This election will decide the next three to four years of Japan's future, and important issues should be thoroughly discussed.

The special election decided who would fill the remaining three years of Kennedy's term.

And the measure forbids any special elections to decide tax increases.

Then an election decided on a more central location for a courthouse.

The next general election would decide the issue.

The most important thing the presidential election will decide is the composition of the court for a generation.

The elections will decide the composition of a government body with authority over a $1.4 billion budget.

"But secret free elections will decide on him in the fall," he said.

The election Tuesday will also decide three of the council's five seats.

But he does not see it moving much further until after the election decides which party will control the next Congress.